PAPOP Assault Rifle High Technology Weapon System

Similar in concept to the American OICW Assault Rifle, the PAPOP Assault Rifle is a two-part weapon system consisting of a 5.56N rifle unit and a 35mm grenade launcher. The grenade launcher feeds through a three-round tubular magazine, and grenades can be set to either a standard burst or proximity fused lateral burst pattern, allowing limited capability against targets in foxholes and the like. A special gas ventilation system prevents injury to the user when firing the grenade launcher. In addition, the weapon has a video sight mounted on the business end with a small adjustable LCD screen on the back, allowing a soldier to look around corners and even firing the rifle without exposing himself. Note that the PAPOP Assault Rifle does not have the advanced optics that the OICW has. As of 2006, this weapon was still in testing, and is probably not yet in its final form. Like US soldiers and the OICW Assault Rifle, French troops tend to the find the PAPOP Assault Rifle awkward and clumsy.

Papop Assault Rifle

Though a few of these were combat tested as early as the Second Persian Gulf War, and more in other, lessknownThough a few PAPOPs may be floating around here and there, it is largely a nonexistent weapon in the Twilight 2000 World. If any are around at all, the grenade launcher ammunition may be difficult or impossible to find. conflicts or actions, the PAPOP is still mostly an experimental weapon instead of an issue weapon. Even the French government finds the PAPOP’s price almost prohibitive.

PAPOP Assault Rifle